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Chapter Eighty OneJade’s POVKillian’s office always made me feel like I was stepping into a different world.A colder one.Everything in the Montclair building was sharp and polished, like it had been designed to intimidate people into silence. The floors were marble, the walls were glass, and even the air felt expensive.It smelled like wealth and power.And today, it smelled like Killian.I didn’t know why I noticed that first, but I did.His scent lingered everywhere. Clean, masculine, and controlled, like him. Like the entire building belonged to him, down to the oxygen people breathed.Maybe it did.I adjusted the folder in my hands and walked down the hallway with slow steps, trying not to look like a woman who still wasn’t fully used to being here.Trying not to look like a woman who had no idea how she got from heartbreak and humiliation to this.To being a Montclair.The receptionist smiled at me as I passed.I gave a small nod, but my heart wasn’t in it.Because no matter
Bound by paper Weakness
Chapter Eighty Killian’s POVThe office felt the same.Cold marble floors.Glass walls.Quiet efficiency.The kind of place where emotions didn’t exist unless they were useful and yet… the moment I walked in, I knew something had changed.Because Jade had been here.I could smell her perfume lingering faintly in the air.Soft.Warm.Out of place in a room built for war.Caleb was already seated at the conference table when I entered, tapping his pen against the file in front of him like the sound could summon my patience.He didn’t bother standing.He just lifted his eyes and smirked.“You’re alive,” he said.I took my seat without responding.Caleb’s gaze flickered to my collar.To the faint mark just above my neckline.His smirk widened.“Barely,” he added.I glared at him.Caleb leaned back in his chair, looking far too entertained for a man who claimed to be stressed.“You know,” he said casually, “you could at least pretend you didn’t spend the last two weeks destroying your wif
Bound by paper A Place to Breathe
Chapter Seventy NineJade’s POVKillian’s mouth stayed on my skin, slow and deliberate, but it wasn’t lust that made my breath hitch.It was the weight behind it.The way his hands held me like I was something he could lose.For the first time since I met him, I realized Killian wasn’t just angry at Vivienne.He was afraid of her.Afraid of what she could take and afraid of what she could force him to become.His lips moved to my collarbone, and I closed my eyes.I wanted to melt into him.To forget the gate.Forget the motion.Forget the threat.But I couldn’t.Not fully.Because someone had to be steady and it was no longer only him.I placed my palm against his chest, stopping him gently.Killian froze.His head lifted slowly, eyes dark and questioning.“What?” he murmured, voice rough.I swallowed.“We can’t keep pretending it doesn’t scare us,” I whispered.His gaze sharpened.“Pretending what?”“That she could actually succeed,” I said quietly. “That she could actually take Aure
Bound by paper No More Warnings
Chapter Seventy Eight Jade’s POVVivienne’s presence lingered long after her car disappeared from the gates.It was like the air itself had been poisoned.Even when the house went quiet again, even when Margaret returned to the kitchen and Aurelia went back to her cartoons, I could still feel it, the threat.The audacity.The way she smiled like she already owned the ending of our story.Killian didn’t speak on our way back inside.His hand stayed at my waist, firm and possessive, guiding me through the hallway like he didn’t trust the world not to snatch me away.When we stepped into the living room, he finally let go.But the look on his face didn’t soften.Not even a little.He walked straight to the bar stand near the wall, poured himself a drink, and downed it like water.Then another.I stood in the middle of the room, watching him.I had never seen him drink before. The anger in him was quiet, but it was dangerous.It wasn’t the kind that shouted.It was the kind that planned
Bound by paper Uninvited
Chapter Seventy Seven Jade’s POVKillian’s lips stayed on my neck long after the front door shut behind Caleb.Slow.Deliberate.Like he was trying to replace every ugly thought in his head with the taste of me and it was working.I hated how much it was working.My fingers curled into his shirt as his mouth moved lower, the warm drag of his lips making my skin tingle.“Killian…” I whispered, half warning, half surrender.His hand tightened around my waist.“I’m not in the mood to be reasonable,” he murmured against my skin.My breath hitched.“I noticed.”He chuckled softly,low and humourless.Then he kissed the pulse point in my neck, right where my heartbeat was betraying me.“You calm me down,” he murmured.I blinked, caught off guard.“That’s not fair,” I whispered.Killian pulled back slightly, his gaze meeting mine.His eyes were still dark, but the rage in them had softened into something else.Something deeper.Something more dangerous.“Nothing about you is fair,” he said q
Bound by paper Lines Drawn
Chapter Seventy six Jade’s POV The papers in Caleb’s hands looked ordinary. Just white sheets. Black ink. Legal language. But the weight of them… It felt like someone had dropped a bomb right in the middle of our home. Killian didn’t move. He stood in the hallway like a statue carved out of ice, his eyes fixed on nothing, jaw clenched so tight I could see the muscle twitch. Caleb flipped through the pages again, as if reading it twice would magically make it less insane. “It’s aggressive,” Caleb muttered, mostly to himself. “Very aggressive.” Killian’s voice was calm. Too calm. “What exactly does it mean?” Caleb inhaled slowly. “She’s requesting immediate suspension of custody pending psychological evaluation,” he said. “She’s claiming you’re unstable and emotionally unfit.” Killian’s eyes flickered. “And the judge can grant it?” Caleb hesitated. “Not permanently,” he said. “But temporary emergency orders can happen faster than you think, especially if the judge be
Bound by paper Unwanted guest
Chapter forty five Jade POVI still remember Killian’s mouth was still on my neck when the knock came.Sharp and impatient.The kind that didn’t belong to a delivery man or a neighbor.Both of us froze instantly.Killian had lifted his head slowly, his breathing uneven against my skin. His eyes me
Bound by paper Weekend Alone
Chapter forty four Jade POVA whole weekend alone with Killian. The words replayed in my head like a warning bell I refused to acknowledge.I stood in the living room long after Aurelia and Camille had left, staring at the closed door like it might open again and prove this was all some joke.But
Bound by paper Court
Chapter Forty Jade’s POVThe courthouse didn’t feel like a building.It felt like a battlefield.Cold marble floors. High ceilings. Echoes of footsteps that sounded too loud no matter how carefully you walked. Everything about it carried weight. Authority, judgment and today, it felt like all of
Bound by paper Trust
Chapter thirty seven Jade’s POVI woke up aware of him.Not just that he was there.But the way he was there.His arm was still around me.Heavy and warm.Possessive in a way that didn’t feel forced.My back pressed lightly against his chest, his breath slow and steady against my neck.For a momen
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